What was called a massage according to Jan Gunnar Sørbø’s abuser, was actually masturbation. It took many years before Jan Gunnar Sørbø filed a report against the music school’s headmaster who molested him. He believes openness around this topic will encourage more reports.

When I first started using the support system I discovered that none of the psychologists I met had experience and knowledge about sexual abuse of men, said Jarle Holseter in Utsattmann at today’s meeting by Reform.

Studies show that abuse is often commited by people who are in close relations to the child. It could eb a stepfater, it could be a big brother, and uncle or a grandfatehr, but it could also be an aunt, sister, a mother or teacher.